![]() ![]() In Outliers, which has already joined its predecessors The Tipping Point and Blink in the august perch atop the bestseller lists, Malcolm Gladwell wants to explode this worldview. Franklin was the country’s first self-help guru, dispensing pithy advice to readers in his Poor Richard’s Almanac. This sunny tradition goes back to Benjamin Franklin, who rose from nothing to become a leading scientific figure, reformer, and national founder-a man “who lived to stand before Kings, and died to leave a name which the world will never forget,” as Robert Winthrop once said. Visit a Barnes & Noble business section and the titles leap out: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Think and Grow Rich, Success Is Not an Accident, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, and thousands more. Why do people succeed? Americans like to think the formula is a simple one: Work hard, show good judgment, and you can achieve extraordinary things, especially if you have some innate talent. ![]()
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